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| The New Gate (circa 1900), still unpaved |
Benefiting the most were the Christian residents of the nearby Russian Compound and the French Notre Dame hospice across the street. The New Gate is located between the Jaffa Gate and the Damascus Gate.
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| "Arab demonstration at the New Gate. Police cordon stopping the procession, Oct. 13, 1933" View the Jaffa Gate clash here |
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| The riot at Jaffa Gate. "Demonstrators facing police baton charge" |
What triggered the 1933 riots?
According to the British Mandate Annual Report for 1933,
Arab discontent on account of Jewish immigration and the sale of lands to Jews, which has been a permanent feature of political opinion in Palestine for the past ten years, began to show signs of renewed activity from the beginning of 1933, developing in intensity until it reached a climax in the riots of October and November. [Editor's note: 15 years before Israel's creation.] ... This [immigration] increase found its origin mainly in the favourable economic conditions of the country, due to a large extent to influx of Jewish capital and to consequent creation of new openings for employment.
The British report also provided the casualty count as a result of the terrorists:
[T]he collision of Arab demonstrators with the Police resulted in five constables and eleven civilians being slightly injured. The total casualties in the subsequent rioting in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Haifa and Nablus were one constable and twenty-four civilians killed or died of wounds, twenty-eight constables and two hundred and four civilians wounded.
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| Iron gates restricted passage through the New Gate in 1937 |
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| In 1938 the British sealed the New Gate |
In 1948, Jewish fighters failed to break through the gates of the Old City to relieve the fighters in the Jewish Quarter and to conquer the Old City.
The Israeli Defense Forces captured the Old City in June 1967 and opened the New Gate for traffic and pedestrians.
See previous photo essays on the Zion Gate, Damascus Gate,Golden Gate, Dung Gate, Jaffa Gate and Lions Gate.
The next gate: Herod's Gate.
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| The New Gate today. (photo by Daniel Baranek, published with permission) |
The next gate: Herod's Gate.
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ReplyDeleteClick here for the 1925 Temple Mount Guide.
http://www.raptureforums.com/IsraelMiddleEast/guide.pdf
One of the most disturbing end times propaganda being promoted today is the absurd notion that the Jews never had a presence on the famous Temple Mount area in Jerusalem. Anyone who is knowledgeable about history and aware of the recent archaeological discoveries on the Temple Mount area over the years knows that the propaganda being perpetuated by the Islamics, United Nations, and other ungodly organizations is simply a political ploy to deny the Jews their historical capital of Jerusalem and the sacred Temple Mount area. The Temple Mount area is the holiest place in Judaism and the remnants of the Second Temple area visible in the form of the "Wailing Wall" where religious Jews flock from around the world in order to pray near the site of the First and Second Temples. Some of the outstanding quotes from the official Temple Mount Guide are as follows:
“The site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest times. Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings” (2 Samuel 24:25).
Rather than the rules allowing non-Muslims to ascend the Mount being from 2006, as was cited in Wikipedia, the rules have remain unchanged since 1924, as can be seen in an online copy of “A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif,” published by the Supreme Moslem Council in Jerusalem, in 1924, with this copy from 1925.
A link to the document can be found here:http://www.templeinstitute.org/1925-wakf-temple-mount-guide.pdf.